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~ (n) degree centigrade, degree Celsius; speed of light, light speed; vitamin C, ascorbic acid; deoxycytidine monophosphate; cytosine; carbon, atomic number 6; hundred, 100, century, one C; coulomb, ampere-second; c; c; c; coke, blow, nose candy, snow
~-reactive protein (n) CRP
~-section (n) cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian
section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery
cabala ~ (n) cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah; Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah, Cabbala, Qabbalah, Qabbala
cabbage ~ (v) pilfer, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
~ (n) chou; boodle, bread, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar,
wampum; cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea
cabbala ~ (n) cabala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah; Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah, Cabala, Qabbalah, Qabbala
cabbalah ~ (n) cabala, cabbala, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah; Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbala, Cabala, Qabbalah, Qabbala
~ (n) cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian
section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarian, abdominal delivery
~ delivery (n) cesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section,
cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery
~ section (n) cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarian section, C-section,
cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery
~ (n) cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian
section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, abdominal delivery
~ delivery (n) cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section,
cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery
~ section (n) cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, C-section,
cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery
calculate ~ (v) cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure; estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast; account; forecast; aim, direct; count, bet, depend, look, reckon
calico ~ (a) calico; motley, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted,
particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
~ personality inventory (n) CPI
~ (v) name; call; telephone, call up, phone, ring; shout, shout out, cry, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall; send for; visit, call in; call; call; call; call; call; address; call; call in; bid; call off; call; predict, foretell, prognosticate, forebode, anticipate, promise; call; call; call; call; call; call; call; call; call; call
~ down (v) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth; call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, scold, chide, berate,
bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
~ for (v) request, bespeak, quest; necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, demand; invite; collect, pick up, gather up
~ forth (v) provoke, evoke, kick up; raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward
~ on the carpet (v) take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out,
remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
~ up (v) bring forward; call, telephone, phone, ring; remember, retrieve, recall, call back, recollect, think; mobilize, mobilise, rally
~ (v) calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still; steady, becalm; calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it; sedate, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise
~ down (v) calm, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it; calm, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still; lull
camillo ~ golgi (n) Golgi
can ~ (n) tin, tin can; canful; can buoy; buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear
end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass; toilet, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne; toilet, lavatory, lav, john, privy, bathroom
~ (v) tin, put up; displace, fire, give notice, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
~ security intelligence service (n) CSIS
~ along (v) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, bucket along, belt along, step on it
~ of afghanistan (n) Kabul
~ of central africa (n) Bangui
~ of liechtenstein (n) Vaduz
~ of south korea (n) Seoul
~ of the philippines (n) Manila
~ of western samoa (n) Apia
captivate ~ (v) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
~ (v) capture; enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant; get, catch; capture; appropriate, seize, conquer; catch
~ (n) card; identity card; card; card; wag, wit; poster, posting, placard, notice, bill; calling card, visiting card; scorecard; menu, bill of fare, carte du jour, carte; batting order, lineup; circuit board, circuit card, board, plug-in, add-in
carmine ~ (a) red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet
carriage ~ (n) passenger car, coach; equipage, rig; bearing, posture; carriage; baby buggy, baby carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart, pushchair, pusher
~ (v) transport; pack, take; impart, conduct, transmit, convey, channel; convey, express; carry; hold, bear; hold, bear, contain; carry; extend; carry; carry; carry; behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport; stock, stockpile; run; dribble; carry; carry; carry; carry; carry; carry; persuade, sway; carry; carry; carry; carry; post; carry; carry; carry; carry; hold; carry; carry; carry; carry; carry; carry; have a bun in the oven, bear, gestate, expect
~ off (v) pull off, negociate, bring off, manage; take away, bear off, bear away, carry away; eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate
~ out (v) carry through, accomplish, execute, action, fulfill, fulfil; follow through, follow up, follow out, implement, put through, go through
~ (n) instance, example; event; lawsuit, suit, cause, causa; case; case; case; subject, guinea pig; case; case; caseful; grammatical case; case; character, eccentric, type; font, fount, typeface, face; sheath; shell, casing; casing; compositor's case, typesetter's case; pillowcase, slip, pillow slip; display case, showcase, vitrine
~ in one's chips (v) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead,
pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
~ (v) project, contrive, throw; cast; cast; hurl, hurtle; cast; roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond; mold, mould; shed, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop; draw; frame, redact, put, couch; vomit, vomit up, purge, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate,
throw up
~ aside (v) discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
~ away (v) discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, put away
~ out (v) banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, blackball; discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, throw away, cast away, put away
~ care research center (n) CCRC
cat ~ (v) cat; vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate,
throw up
~ (n) true cat; guy, hombre, bozo; cat; kat, khat, qat, quat, Arabian tea, African tea; cat-o'-nine-tails; Caterpillar; big cat; computerized tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography
~ (v) catch; pick up; get; grab, take hold of; get, capture; hitch; arrest, get; capture; catch; catch; overtake, catch up with; catch; catch; take in, overhear; watch, view, see, take in; catch; trip up; get; catch; catch; get; get; capture, enamour, trance, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant; get; catch; catch; catch; catch; catch
causerie ~ (n) chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging
caustic ~ (a) acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic; corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant
cavort ~ (v) frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
~ (n) centre, middle, heart, eye; center field, centerfield; centre; centre, midpoint; kernel, substance, core, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty; centre, center of attention, centre of attention; centre, nerve center, nerve centre; center; center; snapper; centre; center; center; centre; plaza, mall, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre; center; center; center
~ for disease control and prevention (n) CDC
~ intelligence agency (n) CIA
~ intelligence machinery (n) CIM
centre ~ (n) centre; center, middle, heart, eye; center, midpoint; center; center; kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty; center, center of attention, centre of attention; center, nerve center, nerve centre; center
cerise ~ (a) red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet
~ public accountant (n) CPA
~ (n) cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian
section, C-section, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery
~ delivery (n) caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section,
cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery
~ section (n) cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section,
cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery
~ (n) cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian
section, C-section, cesarean, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery
~ section (n) cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section,
cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery
~ (v) gall, fret; chafe; annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, devil; excoriate; rub, fray, fret, scratch; chafe
chaffer ~ (v) haggle, higgle, huckster; chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
chalk ~ (n) chalk; chalk; methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu,
trash; chalk
~ (n) champ, title-holder; fighter, hero, paladin; supporter, protagonist, admirer, booster, friend; ace, adept, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz
channelise ~ (v) steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize; channelize; transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize; channelize
channelize ~ (v) steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelise; channelise; transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelise; channelise
~ (n) fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke; crevice, cranny, crack, fissure; chap; chap
~ (n) fictional character, fictitious character; quality, lineament; fiber, fibre; role, theatrical role, part, persona; eccentric, type, case; character; reference, character reference; grapheme, graphic symbol; character
charge ~ (n) charge; complaint; charge; electric charge; care, tutelage, guardianship; mission, commission; charge; charge; cathexis; bang, boot, rush, flush, thrill, kick; billing; commission, direction; accusation; bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing; burster, bursting charge, explosive charge
~ (v) bear down; accuse; bill; tear, shoot, shoot down, buck; appoint; lodge, file; charge; charge; charge; commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send; consign; charge; charge; agitate, rouse, turn on, commove, excite, charge up; charge; load; level, point; saddle, burden; charge; charge; blame; charge; charge; charge; charge
~ frederick worth (n) Worth
~ thomson rees wilson (n) Wilson
~ anna perkins gilman (n) Gilman
charm ~ (v) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant; becharm; charm; influence, tempt
chassis ~ (n) human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, frame, form, flesh; chassis; chassis
~ (v) chew the fat, shoot the breeze, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
~ (v) click; chatter; chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit; piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble; chatter
cheap ~ (a) inexpensive; brassy, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy; bum, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny; chinchy, chintzy
check ~ (n) bank check, cheque; assay; chit, tab; arrest, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage; confirmation, verification, substantiation; checkout, check-out procedure; check mark, tick; hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, handicap; chip; check; bridle, curb; check; check
~ (v) check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into; check; see, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure; control, hold in, hold, contain, curb, moderate; check; check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick; retard, delay; check out; match, fit, correspond, jibe, gibe, tally, agree; check; discipline, train, condition; check; check; check; check; checker, chequer; check; turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back; check; check; determine, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn; check; check; chink; crack, break
~ (v) hearten, recreate, embolden; cheer; cheer up, jolly along, jolly up; cheer up, chirk up; root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up
cheerio ~ (n) adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara,
so long
cherry ~ (a) red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet
~-red (a) red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet
~ out (v) call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide,
berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
~ over (v) think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
~ the fat (v) shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
~ up (v) call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide,
berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, have words, lambaste, lambast
~ feed (n) scratch; methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash
chide ~ (v) call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, berate,
bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
~ financial officer (n) CFO
child ~ (n) kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling; kid; baby; child
chills ~ and fever (n) ague
~ wag (n) chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie
~-wag (n) chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie
~ wagging (n) chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin-wagging, causerie
~-wagging (n) chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, causerie
~ tree (n) false dogwood, jaboncillo, chinaberry, Sapindus saponaria; chinaberry, chinaberry tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach
chinaberry ~ (n) China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, Sapindus saponaria; chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach
chip ~ (n) bit, flake, fleck, scrap; chip; cow chip, cow dung, buffalo chip; crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip; check; poker chip; microchip, micro chip, silicon chip, microprocessor chip; chip shot; chipping, splintering
~ chat (n) chitchat, chit-chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie
~-chat (n) chitchat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie
~-chat (v) chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
chitchat ~ (n) chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie
~ (v) chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
chittamwood ~ (n) cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus; false buckthorn, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa; American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus
chloroacetophenone ~ (n) CN gas
chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile ~ (n) CS gas
chlorofluorocarbon ~ (n) CFC
~ (v) choke; gag, fret; scrag; strangle; gag, strangle, suffocate; choke; choke; clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, foul; suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate; suffocate; suffocate; die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up
the ghost, drop dead, pop off, croak, snuff it; throttle; gag
christoph ~ willibald von gluck (n) Gluck
~ (v) toss; ditch; pat; vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, upchuck, honk, regurgitate,
throw up
~ out (v) discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away; eject, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out
churl ~ (n) peasant, barbarian, boor, Goth, tyke, tike; niggard, skinflint, scrooge; grouch, grump, crank, crosspatch
cinque ~ (n) five, 5, V, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe
cipher ~ (n) cypher; zero, 0, nought, cypher; nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo; cypher, nobody, nonentity; cypher, cryptograph, secret code
~ (v) code, encipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code; calculate, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
ciprofloxacin ~ (n) Cipro
~ (n) circle; set, band, lot; circle; lap, circuit; traffic circle, rotary, roundabout; R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug; dress circle; round
circulate ~ (v) go around, spread; circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around; pass around, pass on, distribute; circulate; circle; circulate; circulate; mobilize, mobilise
circumvent ~ (v) besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in; outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat; hedge, fudge, evade, put off, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
~ (v) clatter, brattle; cluck, click; chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
clams ~ (n) boodle, bread, cabbage, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons,
sugar, wampum
clare ~ booth luce (n) Luce
claver ~ (v) chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, visit
~ (v) unclutter; clear; clear up, light up, brighten; authorize, authorise, pass; clear; pass; clear; clear; top; clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate,
elucidate; clear; clear; net; net, sack, sack up; gain, take in, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in; clear; clear; acquit, assoil, discharge, exonerate, exculpate; solve; clear; clear; clear; clear; clear up
~ up (v) clarify, elucidate; get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, finish up; clear; clear, light up, brighten; clear, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
clemence ~ sophia harned lozier (n) Lozier
clifford ~ odets (n) Odets
clip ~ (v) nip, nip off, snip, snip off; trot, jog; clip; snip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back; curtail, cut short
clod ~ (n) ball, glob, lump, clump, chunk; lout, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk
clopidogrel ~ bisulfate (n) Plavix
close ~ (n) stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion; conclusion, end, closing, ending; finale, closing curtain, finis
~ (a) close; close; near, nigh; close; faithful; tight; confining; airless, stuffy, unaired; tight; close; close; snug, close-fitting; close; cheeseparing, near, penny-pinching, skinny; closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped
~ up (v) close, fold, shut down, close down; obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block; close; clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum
~ (n) closing; cloture, gag rule, gag law; law of closure; settlement, resolution; blockage, block, occlusion, stop, stoppage; blockage, occlusion; closedown, closing, shutdown
clothe ~ (v) dress, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel; invest, adorn; cloak, drape, robe
~ (v) overcast; obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, mist; cloud; cloud; defile, sully, corrupt, taint; cloud; mottle, dapple; cloud
~ (n) baseball club, ball club, nine; social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order; club; clubhouse; golf club, golf-club; club; cabaret, nightclub, night club, nightspot
clumsy ~ (a) gawky, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy; awkward, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen; awkward, bunglesome, ungainly; bungling, fumbling, incompetent
~ of differentiation 4 (n) CD4
~ of differentiation 8 (n) CD8
coach ~ (n) manager, handler; private instructor, tutor; passenger car, carriage; four-in-hand, coach-and-four; bus, autobus, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle
cockcrow ~ (n) dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup
cockeyed ~ (a) askew, awry(p), lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff; absurd, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous; besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed,
soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet
cocotte ~ (n) prostitute, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street; cocotte
~ (v) gull, dupe, slang, befool, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across; tease, razz, rag, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
coeducational ~ (a) co-ed
collapse ~ (v) fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder; break down; collapse; crumble, crumple, tumble, break down; burst; crack up, crack, crock up, break up; collapse
collateral ~ (a) indirect; confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory,
verificatory, verifying; collateral; collateral
~ (v) colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in; tinge, colour, distort; colour; colour, emblazon; colour, gloss; discolor, discolour, colour
~ (n) colour, coloring, colouring; colour, vividness; colour, coloration, colouration; colour, people of color, people of colour; semblance, gloss, colour; coloring material, colouring material, colour; colour; colour
colour ~ (n) coloring material, colouring material, color; color, people of color, people of colour; color; color, vividness; color, coloration, colouration; color, coloring, colouring; semblance, gloss, color; color
~ (v) color; color, emblazon; color, gloss; tinge, color, distort; color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, color in, colour in; discolor, discolour, color
combust ~ (v) burn; erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, conflagrate; flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, blow one's stack, fly off the
handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic; combust; burn
~ across (v) fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover; come across; meet, run into, encounter, run across, see; come over; resonate
~ in (v) enter, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into; come; come in; interject, interpose, put in, throw in, inject; place, come out
~ on (v) come out, turn up, surface, show up; approach, near, go up, draw near, draw close, come near; progress, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up; go on, come up; come on
~ out (v) come on, turn up, surface, show up; appear; issue, emerge, come forth, go forth, egress; turn out; fall out; place, come in; come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up, step to the fore; start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out; come out of the closet, out; out; erupt, break through, push through
~ up (v) come up; arise; come; surface, rise up, rise; arise, bob up; rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, uprise; come up; go on, come on; line up, get hold, find; rise, uprise, ascend; scrape, scrape up, scratch; muster, rally, summon, muster up
commence ~ (v) get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out; begin, lead off, start; start, start up, embark on
commencement ~ (n) beginning, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset; commencement exercise, commencement ceremony, graduation, graduation exercise; beginning, start
commit ~ (v) perpetrate, pull; give, dedicate, consecrate, devote; institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge; entrust, intrust, trust, confide; invest, put, place; practice
~ (a) commonplace; humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous; banal, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
~ of independent states (n) CIS
commotion ~ (n) disturbance, disruption, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle; din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult; whirl
commove ~ (v) agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, excite, charge up; agitate, vex, disturb, shake up, stir up, raise up
~ security establishment (n) CSE
~ disc read-only memory (n) CD-ROM
compensate ~ (v) counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up; recompense, repair, indemnify; cover, overcompensate; right, redress, correct; pay, pay off, make up; recompense, remunerate
competitiveness ~ (n) fight
complete ~ (a) complete; consummate; accomplished; arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a),
staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated; concluded, ended, over(p), all over, terminated
composition ~ (n) composing; constitution, physical composition, makeup, make-up; composition; musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music; composing; writing, authorship, penning; typography; paper, report, theme; composition
~ (n) con; convict, inmate, yard bird, yardbird; bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
~ (v) victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change; memorize, memorise, learn
~ game (n) bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
~ (v) concentrate; focus, center, centre, pore, rivet; centralize, centralise; digest, condense; concentrate; condense, contract; boil down, reduce, decoct; reduce, boil down
conciliate ~ (v) pacify, lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle; reconcile, patch up, make up, settle; accommodate, reconcile
conclusion ~ (n) decision, determination; conclusion; stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, close; ending, finish; ratiocination; termination, ending; conclusion; end, close, closing, ending; decision, determination
~ (v) carry on, deal; lead, direct; behave, acquit, bear, deport, comport, carry; lead, take, direct, guide; impart, transmit, convey, carry, channel; conduct
~ (v) chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit; confer, confabulate, consult
confabulate ~ (v) confabulate; chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit; confer, confab, consult
~ game (n) bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
~ trick (n) bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
confirmative ~ (a) collateral, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory,
verificatory, verifying
confirmatory ~ (a) collateral, confirmative, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory,
verificatory, verifying
confirming ~ (a) positive; collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory,
verificatory, verifying
confuse ~ (v) confound; throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate; flurry, disconcert, put off; jumble, mix up; blur, obscure, obnubilate
confused ~ (a) baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea; disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected; disoriented, lost; broken, disordered, upset; confused
congress ~ (n) United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US Congress; congress; congress; sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal
knowledge
~ of industrial organizations (n) CIO
~ of racial equality (n) CORE
conjure ~ (v) raise, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth; bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press; conspire, cabal, complot, machinate
~ (v) stall; conk; die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, give-up the ghost,
drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it; faint, swoon, pass out
~ out (v) fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, go, break, break down; poop out, peter out, run down, run out
connect ~ (v) link, tie, link up; associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up; link, link up, join, unite; connect; connect; connect; connect; connect; get in touch, touch base; plug in, plug into; connect
consider ~ (v) see, reckon, view, regard; study; take, deal, look at; count, weigh; debate, moot, turn over, deliberate; think, believe, conceive; regard; view, look at; consider
constitution ~ (n) fundamental law, organic law; establishment, formation, organization, organisation; United States Constitution, U.S. Constitution, US Constitution, Constitution of the United States; composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up; Old Ironsides
consume ~ (v) devour, down, go through; ingest, take in, take, have; squander, waste, ware; consume; eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out; consume
consummate ~ (a) masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a); complete; arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a),
staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated
contain ~ (v) incorporate, comprise; hold, bear, carry; control, hold in, hold, check, curb, moderate; contain; take, hold; check, turn back, arrest, stop, hold back
contemplate ~ (v) contemplate; contemplate; study, meditate; chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
contend ~ (v) postulate; argue, debate, fence; contest, repugn; cope, get by, make out, make do, grapple, deal, manage; compete, vie; fight, struggle
continue ~ (v) go on, proceed, go along, keep; go on, carry on, proceed; uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve; proceed, go forward; retain, keep, keep on; persist in; continue; stay, stay on, remain; cover, extend; continue
~ (v) undertake; sign, sign on, sign up; compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, press; take, get; shrink; contract; condense, concentrate; narrow; abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, reduce
control ~ (v) command; hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate; operate; manipulate, keep in line; verify; control; see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, ascertain, assure; master
convenience ~ (n) convenience; convenience; public toilet, comfort station, public convenience, public lavatory, restroom, toilet facility, wash room; appliance, contraption, contrivance, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget
~ cat (n) coati, coati-mondi, coati-mundi, Nasua narica; bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring-tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus
~ union for the advancement of science and art (n) Cooper Union
~ (n) nucleus, core group; core; core; kernel, substance, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty; core; Congress of Racial Equality; effect, essence, burden, gist; magnetic core; core; core
corking ~ (a) bang-up, bully, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing
cornelia ~ otis skinner (n) Skinner
~ (v) rectify, right; right, compensate, redress; chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten; compensate, counterbalance, make up, even out, even off, even up; discipline, sort out; decline, slump; adjust, set; correct
corroborative ~ (a) collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory,
verificatory, verifying
corroboratory ~ (a) collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory,
verificatory, verifying
~ (v) pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect; bribe, buy, grease one's palms; defile, sully, taint, cloud; spoil
~ (n) twosome, duo, duet; mates, match; couple; pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad; couple
couplet ~ (n) couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad; couplet
~ (v) cover; spread over; continue, extend; cover; treat, handle, plow, deal, address; embrace, encompass, comprehend; traverse, track, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across; report; cover; cover; cover up; cover; cover; insure, underwrite; compensate, overcompensate; cover; cover; cover; cover; shroud, enshroud, hide; breed; overlay; cover; cover; brood, hatch, incubate; wrap up
~ (n) cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure; gap; crevice, cranny, fissure, chap; cracking, snap; shot; wisecrack, sally, quip; crack; crack cocaine, tornado; fling, go, pass, whirl, offer; fracture, cracking
~ of doom (n) Judgment Day, Judgement Day, Day of Judgment, Day of Judgement, Doomsday, Last Judgment, Last Judgement, Last Day, eschaton,
day of reckoning, doomsday, end of the world
cracked ~ (a) chapped, roughened; alligatored; balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts,
nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky
crackers ~ (a) balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts,
nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky
cracking ~ (a) bang-up, bully, corking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing
cram ~ (v) jam, jampack, ram, chock up, wad; cram; grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone; cram
~ (n) grouch, grump, churl, crosspatch; crackpot, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball; methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, glass, ice, shabu,
trash; starter
cranky ~ (a) crank, tender, tippy; fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
crawler ~ (n) sycophant, toady, lackey, ass-kisser; creeper; earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, dew worm, red worm
crayfish ~ (n) spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster; crawfish, crawdad, ecrevisse; crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy; spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, sea crawfish
~ (a) brainsick, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged; half-baked, screwball, softheaded; crazy; crazy; wild, dotty, gaga
~ house (n) Bedlam, booby hatch, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit
~ (v) wrinkle, ruckle, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp; furrow, wrinkle; graze, rake; rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crinkle
creation ~ (n) creative activity; creation; conception; initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, innovation, introduction, instauration; creation; universe, existence, world, cosmos, macrocosm
crestless ~ wave (n) swell
~ intelligence services of canada (n) CISC
~ investigation command (n) CID
~ (a) red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet; red, violent; red, reddened, red-faced, flushed
cringe ~ (v) flinch, squinch, funk, shrink, wince, recoil, quail; fawn, crawl, creep, cower, grovel
~ (v) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up
the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, snuff it; cronk; murmur, mutter, grumble, gnarl
crocked ~ (a) besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed,
soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet
~ (v) crop; cultivate, work; crop; graze, pasture; browse, graze, range, pasture; snip, clip, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
~ (v) traverse, track, cover, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across; intersect; thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, frustrate, baffle, bilk; cross; traverse, span, sweep; cross; cross; crossbreed, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed
crumb ~ (n) crumb; rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git; crumb
~ (v) shout, shout out, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall; weep; exclaim, cry out, outcry, call out, shout; blazon out; cry; cry; cry
crystalise ~ (v) clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate; crystallize, crystallise, crystalize; crystallize, crystalize, effloresce; crystallize, crystallise, crystalize
crystalize ~ (v) clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate; crystallize, crystallise, crystalise; crystallize, crystalise, effloresce; crystallize, crystallise, crystalise
crystallise ~ (v) clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate; crystallize, crystalize, crystalise; crystallize, crystalise, crystalize
crystallize ~ (v) crystallise, crystalise, crystalize; clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate; crystallise, crystalize, crystalise; crystalize, crystalise, effloresce
~ sandwich (n) bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo,
wedge, zep
cuckoo's ~ nest (n) Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit
cunning ~ (a) cute; crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily; clever, ingenious
~ (v) control, hold in, hold, contain, check, moderate; suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer; curb; restrict, curtail, cut back
curl ~ (n) coil, whorl, roll, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll; Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr.; lock, ringlet, whorl
curse ~ (n) curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss; execration, condemnation; hex, jinx, whammy; bane, scourge, nemesis; torment
~ (v) cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate; curse; beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict; excommunicate, unchurch
~ (n) pest, blighter, pesterer, gadfly; chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, bloke; curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword
~ (v) cut; reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, bring down; swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew; cut; cut; cut; tailor; cut; write out, issue, make out; edit, edit out; skip; hack; cut; cut; cut; cut; cut; cut; cut; cut; burn; cut; cut; cut; cut; cut; switch off, turn off, turn out; cut; cut; cut; ignore, disregard, snub; cut; prune, rationalize, rationalise; cut; cut; cut off; abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, contract, reduce; dilute, thin, thin out, reduce; cut; cut; geld
~ back (v) flash back; reduce, cut down, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down; snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune; restrict, curtail, curb
~ down (v) reduce, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down; slash; down, knock down, push down, pull down; cut out; mow; fell, drop, strike down
cypher ~ (n) zero, 0, nought, cipher; nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo; cipher, nobody, nonentity; cipher, cryptograph, secret code; cipher
~ (v) code, encipher, cipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code; calculate, cipher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
~ (n) prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street; Cypriot, Cypriote
~ fibrosis transport regulator (n) CFTR
cytomegalovirus ~ (n) CMV
czechoslovakian ~ (a) Czech
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